I’ve just started using Notion –on my Mac, iPhone and iPad –and I am loving it. It is allowing me to do a whole lot of things quickly and easily that I found hard and frustrating in Obsidian. I like obsidian, and now I also like notation, so I have two tools, and I am extra happy:-)
Here’s the thing: I didn’t use Notion for a long time because it was awful to use on the iPad when I first tried it, and that stop me using it then and for a long time afterwards.
First impressions linger, I guess.
Coincidentally, I am currently writing this using the Mac’s built-in Voice control dictation, which used to be horrible, half-arsed, and completely useless to me. Turns out that it now does a pretty good job. In fact I have typed most of this using my voice. And I’m really impressed with how good it has gotten now.
I’m glad I tried it again, because Apple has clearly been doing a lot of work to make it better.
So this got me wondering: are there any other apps for features that have drastically improved overtime, but I wouldn’t have noticed because I wasn’t using them?
(And, hopefully we will be having similar discussions about stage manager next year).
Has anyone else experience this?
edited to change notation to notion (a mistake caused by using dictation while sleepy)
I took a scroll through my applications. If you bounced off any of these in their early days, they might be worth revisiting: Agenda, Bike, Craft, Hook(mark), NetNewsWire (since early 5.0), Pixelmator Pro, Raycast, Sublime Merge.
Some big improvements in the core functionality (especially Live Preview, and the refreshed UI) combined with a few must-have plugins (especially Omnisearch and TagFolder) have moved it from an app I tried and rejected early in its existence, to an essential part of my workflow.
For me, Logseq. Revisiting it recently I found it was so much smoother in use, and a couple of plugins (like interstitial journaling) make it an ideal tool for me to journal, capture thoughts, outline written work and record meetings.
I now use it through the day.
I’ve poked around in Notion before but it’s never stuck. What are you using it for, if you’re willing to share?
I stopped using it for awhile because it became a bit of overkill, plus I found spreadsheets could basically handle most of my needs. Recently I started a slew of new personal projects and quickly became overwhelmed w/ ideas and notes and tasks and I was pleasantly surprised to find out how many new features have been added to Notion! It is really helping me organize and plan things now.